A few spotting showers will persist through the Early Morning hours, rain will become more likely as we enter into late morning. It will be a soggy thanksgiving as the rain continues through the afternoon and evening. For most of the day our temperatures will remain above freezing allowing for the precipitation to fall as rain. As we enter the evening hours a few of us may watch the rain turn into a wintry mix. A few showers will linger into the Morning Hours tomorrow making for a damp black friday, otherwise we start to dry out and temperatures will sit in the mid to upper 30s. The man who police say triggered several hawk alerts on the university of iowa campus earlier this month faces multiple charges. 32 year old Adam Weinstein faces one count of third degree sexual abuse, four counts of assault with intent to commit sexual abuse, and three counts of third degree harassment. The charges follow a series of physical and verbal attacks on campus on november 10th. Police took weinstein into custody shortly after the incidents, and he was involuntarily committed to university of iowa hospitals. They arrested him when he left the hospital yesterday. A conviction on all the counts could put weinstein in prison for more than 18 years. Iowa is in the middle of revamping its medicaid system. But some say the governors deadline of january first to privatize the program is too agressive. The 560thousand iowans who rely on medicaid just received these packets in the mail asking them to choose a new care provider. They can choose from four outofstate companies amerigroup, wellcare, unitedhealthc are and amerihealth. But some say they dont know whether their current doctors and hospitals have contracts with any of these companies. When weve contacted larger Health Care Systems in the state, des moines metro hospitals, theyve indicated they havent signed contracts with any of the mcos. The state says each of the four companies have signed contracts with between 7 percent and 37 percent of Healthcare Providers that serve medicaid patients in iowa. Cancer patients participating in Clinical Trials are helping researchers get closer to preventing and curing cancer. The search for a cure is the focus for a team of university of iowa doctors. The iowa cancer registry says close to 16 thousand 900 iowans had cancer during the last count in 2012. That was down from the year before when around 17 thousand 400 iowans had cancer. Kcrg tv nines brady smith shows how Clinical Trials are now giving more hope to anyone battling cancer. Turn back the clock about 6 years, and life wasnt always this happy for jodie grundy. 17 39 52 i just had this cough that wouldnt go away. Treated for colds. Then eventually went back and thought it was strep, and thought i possibly had tb, because it had gone on so many months. An xray revealed spots on her lungs. It was cancer. Her doctors told her she wasnt a candidate for surgery, and her chance of survival was low. 21 24 29 the specialist i saw in mayo said even with treatment, you have a 5 percent chance. Jodie had two options undergo regular chemotherapy and radiation, or take part in a clinical trial. Jodies doctor, deb wilbur, says she made the generous decision of enrolling in the experimental trial. Using different schedules of radiation, as well as a new medication that had not previously been tried in lung cancer. Jodie had one thought going in 24 44 53 even if this doesnt work, you know, youre helping research and youre helping other people. Its those clinic trials, doctor wilbur says is the best chance for a cure. 10 40 46 the first person whos going to be cured of a cancer, that up until that date was incurable, is going to be on a clinical trial. That search for a cure is the focus of a team of doctors at the university of iowa hospitals and clinics. 34 37 40 the more we study cancer, i think the more complex its becoming. Dr. Sue odorisio says the complexities of cancer means finding a cure isnt easy. She admits most of her teams patients wont end up cancerfree. 41 59 05 our cure rate is probably about 5 percent. Instead, doctors focus on improving quality of life as 75percent of patients at least respond to treatment. Researchers say highly personalized treatments are the most effective. Dr. Odorisio is using a method called targeted medicine to treat rare neuroendocrine tumors. 30 10 19 we know that neuroedocrine tumors grow rather slowly. They dont respond well to normal chemotherapy drugs. Research scientist molly martin combines cancerfighting drugs with a radioactive isotope that fights the tumors. 21 19 21 what were working with is yttrium90 dotatoc. A single dose takes about 3 and a half hours to assemble and then it goes to the patient immediately. 30 44 52 we can send this radioactive drug straight to the tumor, and use localized radiation therapy. That means fewer negative side effects on the liver and bones, organs the tumors usually show up in. But that treatment is costly and slow. 31 56 59 right now we can only treat one to two patients a week. And dr. Yusuf menda has to make sure every dose is compatible with every person. 44 14 24 if we think that the patient is unlikely to respond to the treatment based on the diagnostic test, then we do not administer the therapeutic drug. While a cure remains elusive, it is Success Stories that encourage researchers. 33 40 47 he was no longer able to walk without a lot of pain. He came back to us in six weeks, and he had been hiking in colorado. Prevention may be the ultimate cure. Stopping painful tumors before they start. 34 44 53 ultimately, i think we all believe being able to prevent cancer is going to be much better than being able to cure it. In the meantime, there will be Success Stories like jodies, which give hope to those still in the fight. 20 40 43 i was hopeful. You know, i think i never gave up hope. 6 years after her diagnosis, shes cancer free. Brady smith, kcrg tv9 news. Iowa is one of the leaders of wind energy in the country, but some counties are just adding Wind Turbines now. The wind energy company, optimum renewables, recently filed an application to put up turbines in the fairbank area. Now the Fayette County supervisors want to review current ordinances and adopt new ones before making any decisions. And that will put a six month hold on any turbine projects. The moratorium has already been drafted, so its Public Notice they will read it, review it, take any comments and then adopt it. The supervisors will vote on the moratorium, and hold a Public Comment section during the Board Meeting this coming monday. Local clergy members in iowa city are supporting Johnson Countys new minimum wage increase. The countys already raised the minimum wage by 90 cents to 8 dollars 20 cents an hour. And by 2017 it will climb to 1010 an hour. Local clergy gathered with low wage workers yesterday on the steps of Saint Marys Catholic Church in iowa city. The Interfaith Group stood together in support of the new ordinance in Johnson County that gradually increases the minimum wage. They also called on all cities in the county to support it. Several cities passed their own ordinance to keep the wage at the state minimum of 725. More than 30 different clergy members across the county signed a statement in support of the new wage. Forget cyber monday, shoppers are already taking advantage of deep discounts online. And amazon has a deal for you if youre running low on thanksgiving meal essentials. More on that in todays techbytes. Good morning its. Tsgt bryce hamilton through the Early Morning hours, rain will become more likely as we enter into late morning. It will be a soggy thanksgiving as the rain continues through the afternoon the day our temperatures will remain above freezing allowing for the precipitation to fall as rain. As we enter the evening hours a few of us may watch the rain turn into a wintry mix. A few showers will linger into the Morning Hours tomorrow making for a damp black friday, otherwise we start to dry out and temperatures will sit in the mid to upper 30s. Thanks britley. Lots of people are going to be shopping today and tomorrow and youve got to check out the ads before you go shopping. Heres a look at todays gazette. Now heres abcs reena ninan with this mornings techbytes. Trt oc hey, there. In todays techbytes in waiting for black friday. 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When heartburn hits fight back fast tums smoothies starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue and neutralizes stomach acid at the source tum, tum, tum, tum smoothies only from tums just fifteen minutes and a little imagination are all you need to make holiday magic. microwave ding chex party mix. Its what the Holiday Travel today, less than two weeks after the deadly attacks in paris. President obama is assuring citizens that there is no credible threat indicating any possible terror plot on the united states. Abcs Stephanie Ramos has the story. Terror and the holidays. Not what we want to think about. President obama. With his top Security Advisors standing by his side. Says officials are working overtime and without a break for the holidays to keep americans safe. Adding. Sot obama we know of no specific and credible intelligence indicating a plot on the homeland. With millions of americans expected to travel by railways. Highways. And air. The president trying to decrease fears about terror threats. Sot obama i want the American People to know is that we are taking every possible step to keep our homeland safe. Doing so with more Police Officers at airports. And train stations. Homeland security authorities call it a re inforcement of existing travelers are reassured. Sot chase whitaker him saying that doesnt really make me feel more at ease. Others not letting fears control their travel plans. Sot Brian Fernbacher if youre scared by it and you let it run your life, then youll all be in a house somewhere hiding. In new york city. The macys thanksgiving day parade floats and balloons prepped for the big strut down city streets. With Police Standing guard. With thousands of Police Officers set to patrol the parade route . Including 13 hundred counterterro rism officers. New york city bill mayor bill deblasio and the nypd saying enjoy the parade while they do their job to protect. Sotbill deblasio we have to stay our ground, continue going about our business. Tag a Worldwide Travel alert issued by the state department is still in effect. And no matter where you go expect security to be much tighter Stephanie Ramos abc News Washington some will be up early this morning putting on aprons getting ready for a day of cooking. While others, will put on their tennis shoes for a morning jog along the cedar this is a live look at our city cam. Britley will be back right after the break with a look at your rainy thanksgiving meteorologist britley ritz joins us now with your first alert forecast. A few spotting showers will persist through the Early Morning hours, rain will become more likely as we enter into late morning. It will be a soggy thanksgiving as the rain continues through the afternoon and evening. For most of the day our temperatures will remain above freezing allowing for the precipitation to fall as rain. As we enter the evening hours a few of us may watch the rain turn into a wintry mix. A few showers will linger into the Morning Hours tomorrow making for a damp black friday, otherwise we start to dry out and temperatures will sit in the mid people are lining the streets this morning for the macys thanksgiving day parade. There is more security on the route today because of the recent terror attacks, but its not putting a damper on the festivities. That parade airs today at nine oclock. Millions of americans will travel on the road for the holiday weekend. Eastern iowa sheriffs offices and the iowa dot keep it here on tv9. Its. Thanksgiving. This is a live look at on our city cam this morning. Its november 26th and and this is what you need to know. Waterloo police are looking for someone who robbed an iwireless store with a knife. And its the same store that six people targeted less than three months ago. A couple in central city is trying to figure out whats next after a fire destroyed their home tuesday night. Many people are travelling today for thanksgiving. Despite the travel alert, president obama says there is no direct threat to the us. North liberty is considering renaming a portion of highway 965 that runs through town and the city is asking the public for suggestions. Cancer patients in Clinical Trials at the university of iowa are helping researchers find a cure, and stopping tumors before they even start. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news morning news. A few spotting showers will persist through the Early Morning hours, rain will become more likely as we enter into late morning. It will be a soggy thanksgiving as the rain continues through the afternoon and evening. For most of the day our temperatures will remain above freezing allowing for the precipitation to fall as rain. As we enter the evening hours a few of us may watch the rain turn into a wintry mix. A few showers will linger into the Morning Hours tomorrow making for a damp black friday, otherwise we start to dry out and temperatures will sit in the mid to upper 30s. For the second time in less than three months, Waterloo Police are investigating a robbery at an iwireless store. Police responded last night at 7 50 to1523 san marnan drive for a robbery. Police say someone with a knife went into the store and got away with cash. Police put evidence markers outside the stores front door and in the parking lot. They were also searching several areas near crossroads mall. No one was hurt. In september, Police Say Two men held up an employee with a gun, while others robbed the store. People in the store saw the men take cash and cell phones. Police later arrested six men in connection with the armed robbery. In a tv9 followup this morning. Investigators are searching for the cause of a house fire in central city we first told you about yesterday morning. It happened at 22hundred central city road just after eight oclock tuesday night. Firefighters say it started in a camper and then spread to the house. Duane and cathy kenley lived there. They got out safely, but they lost everything. There isnt anything left. We were told the house was totalled by several firefighters central city, alburnett and coggon the house is a total loss. Their friends, donovan mabiebahr and Christina Lutze , were staying in the camper. Mabiebahr suffered smoke inhalation when he went back into the camper to try to save a dog. A dubuque man charged with stabbing and killing his girlfriend wants his trial moved out of Dubuque County. An attorney for 27year old eddie hicks says Media Coverage will make finding a fair jury difficult. He wants either the trial moved or the court to bring in jurors from another county. The Dubuque CountyAttorneys Office is fighting the motion. Hicks pleaded not guilty to firstdegree murder in the incident on june 17th. Prosecutors say he stabbed 21yearold kahdyesha lemon more than 20 times at her home on arlington street. Police say hicks asked them to shoot him and then tried to drive off in a squad car. If you are travelling today for the holiday, several sheriffs departments in eastern iowa are reminding people to stay safe. And they will be cracking down on seat belt laws and pulling over impaired drivers. This is part of a National Effort during the busiest travel time of the year. In 2013, more than 300 people were killed on the road just during the thanksgiving weekend in the u. S. The Iowa Department of transportation points out that wearing a seat belt can save a life. People driving through North Liberty could see some changes in the near future. The city is considering renaming the portion of highway 965 that runs through town. Many businesses sit along that stretch of the highway, from north of 230th street northeast to around forevergreen road. Kcrgtv9s Jill Kasparie tell us the city wants to give people something they can identify with. Car nats highway 965 is typically bustling with activity. Its certainly a key piece of infrastructure, its certainly a big part of what North Liberty has for a business district. Nats air efex is one business with a highway 965 address. Inside theyre building and painting vehicles and more. I talk to people, customers come from des moines and they can come right off here, off the interstate and hit 965 no problem. Nats . So what about changing the highways name . As long as people can still find the businesses, im okay with it. North liberty city leaders say they still need to identify the process they want to use in order to move forward. Theres always been an interest in sort of giving North Liberty a little bit more of its own identity and particularly what was an old rural highway through town to give it a little bit more identity. Down the road from North Liberty, coralville has changed roads names a few times in the past couple of decades highway 965 became coral ridge avenue and 1st avenue became hayden fry way. Its a very usual thing to change a name because changing names creates address issues and those kinds of publicity, marketing type of things, especially if there are commercial units there. Coralvilles city administrator says the city also contacted google. So to have it be able to show up officially in google is probably the most important thing, so people can locate where you are talking about. North liberty plans to get started with the name changing process in coming months. 13 43 23 i think that those kind of identity things are important to a growing town like North Liberty tv9s Jill Kasparie with that North Liberty says its not sure of the cost yet, but the majority of it would come from new signage. The city says 965 will still exist, itll just have a local name too. Its planning to take suggestions for names. Dubuques mayor is making a trip across the atlantic, heading to paris next week. But he wont talk about International Safety or terrorist groups. Mayor roy buol is co leading a fourmember delegation of midwest mayors traveling on december 3rd. The group will represent the Mississippi River cities and Towns Initiative at the paris climate conference. Theyll join leaders from 200 nations to try to reach an agreement on Climate Change. Buol says its important he and other midwest mayors attend this conference because Climate Change dramatically affects the Mississippi River. Thanksgiving dinner is going to cost a little more this year because of the turkey. According to the American FarmBureau Federation dollars. Thats up a dollar39 from last year. The Us Department of agriculture says the bird flu caused turkey production to be slightly down this year. The survey shows the cost of a full thanksgiving meal for 10 people will cost on average 50 dollars and 10 cents. Thats up about 70 cents from last years average. Today, Elder Services is dishing out thanksgiving dinner for seniors free of charge. They will be serving traditional holiday must haves from 11 this morning until 1230. That will be at the elderberry cage in the iowa city Johnson County senior center. You dont have to make a reservation, but anyone under the age of 60 must pay 5 dollars. For some people, the macys thanksgiving day parade is as important to the holiday as the turkey dinner. Performers are getting ready to march in that parade right now. Some in new york city braved the cold to get a sneak peek at the famous night. Families gathered in midtown manhattan to get a look at hello kitty and the koolaid man just to name a few. There is more security on the route this year because of the recent terror attacks. The mayor of the city says traditions must continue. There are some in this world who are trying to stir fear. Theyre trying to make us afraid. Theyre trying to make us change our lifestyle and change our values, lose our spirit, lose our values. We refuse to do that this is the 89th year for the parade. It starts at nine oclock this morning. This morning, hundreds of people in cedar rapids will be burning off the calories they plan to eat later. The annual turkey trot kicks off at 9 oclock this morning. Runners will be starting in downtown cedar rapids and run along the cedar river. You can still register this morning. All trotters get a fleece hoodie and cinnamon roll. Dozens of people in coralville are celebrating the life of a five year old boy who died in 2012. The dash for dashiell was a twomile run and walk fundraiser last night, thats also a celebration of dashiell codds birthday. He died after battling a rare pediatric liver cancer. The participants stopped at various stations along the two mile route. Each one had activities that were special to dashiell. 17 06 55 im so grateful. Im so grateful for this community. Im so grateful for people who know us, know his story and also those wanting to do things for other families going through this. The money they raised will go toward the iowa city west high dance marathon, which helps families that have children battling cancer. A homeless shelter in cedar rapids is adding beds and new apartments. Its hoping to open its doors to more people including women and children. Up next. This mornings weather wise question. Meteorologist kaj omara is up right after the break. Its. First Alert Storm Team meteorologist britley ritz joins us now. Early Morning Hours, rain will become more likely as we enter into late morning. It will be a soggy thanksgiving as the rain continues through the afternoon and evening. For most of the day our temperatures will remain above freezing allowing for the precipitation to fall as rain. As we enter the evening hours a few of us may watch the rain turn into a wintry mix. A few showers will linger into the Morning Hours tomorrow making for a damp black friday, otherwise we start to dry out and temperatures thanks. Thanksgiving a day early. With turkey, mashed potatoes, and of course pumpkin pie. People gobbled up their meals and enjoyed the company. That story coming up. Stay with tv9. Its a former galena, illinois, Police Officer faces a felony charge for allegedly abusing his power as an officer. This week, prosecutors charged Donald Barklow with official misconduct. According to court documents, the charge stems from 2014, when barklow was working for the Galena Police department. Prosecutors say barklow used Police Resources to do a background check on his exgirlfriends new fiance to access his personal information. Using the system for personal reasons is a felony. Barklow is not in custody now but is scheduled to appear in court on december 8th. The nonprofit license holder for the lady luck casino in marquette will get more money from gambling revenue. A few weeks ago, tv nine reported how a 25 year deal between the Upper Mississippi Gaming Corporation and the lady luck casino cost Clayton County millions of dollars. Its because the Nonprofit Corporation receives only 50 cents for each casino customer instead of the state minimum of three percent of the casinos adjusted gross revenue. Now theyve reached a new 25 year deal that will give the Gaming Corporation three and a quarter percent of the revenue each year, which is above the state minimum. In addition, the corporations executive director told tv nine the casino will pay an extra 350thousand dollars before the existing deal expires in 2019. Directors of a dubuque homeless shelter says they desperately need volunteers to help staff the shelter overnight. Almost home is an over flow shelter for the dubuque rescue mission. That means, when the mission is at capacity, homeless men are allowed to sleep at this shelter in the basement of saint johns lutheran church. Right now a volunteer keeps watch over the men during the overnight hours. But directors say they only have volunteers for that position and he puts almost 70 each week. I think it puts our whole program in jeopardy. Because if anything were to happen to him, what would we do . Almost home says they could also use more volunteers to staff the early evening hours. One cedar rapids homeless shelter is planning a big expansion. The willis dady Emergency Shelter says construction will start in about 18 months to add more single beds and familystyle apartments. This empty space right next to the shelter will hold four, longterm Family Apartments. Shelter workers say the units will be open to single women with children a group they havent served in the past. The project will also mean four more beds for single men on the first floor. Thats in addition to the sixteen existing beds. Second floor apartments will also get a makeover. 04 36 32 what were looking to do is make the current Family Apartments up to date for handicap accessibility and then dividing them so we can ether have one large family, which we have now, or we could have two small families that each have their own private space. Trepp isnt sure exactly how much the project will cost. But she says fundraising will be key to making it all happen. Right now, Waypoint Services in cedar rapids operates the Madge PhillipsCenter Shelter for homeless women and children. Its at Fourth Avenue and sixth street southeast. The center has 16 private Living Spaces where women and children can stay for up to 30 days. Some people in need in linn county are extra thankful today for a thanksgiving meal. The Salvation Army hosted its annual thanksgiving meal in cedar rapids yesterday. Target donated and prepared the food, which included the traditional fixings. One man who enjoyed the event said this is much more than a meal. I enjoy the company and i enjoy the food and all of the happy thanksgivings that are given out from the Salvation Army. 10 49 38 thats the reason i come back every year, the comradery the Salvation Army served meals to about four hundred people yesterday. Now heres our morning mugshot on your thanksgiving thursday. The linn county master gardeners will hold their annual winter gardening fair on march 5th at coe college in cedar rapids. The daylong Event Features a keynote speech and workshops to learn tips and techniques for your garden. Its 59 dollars for the day long fair. That includes a lunch. You can preregister now for yourself or give it to a gift for someone for the holidays. Britley will be back right after the break with a final look at your thanksgiving forecast. Heres what you need to know on your thanksgiving heres a penny just for you. Thats no penny. Thats a galaxy s 6 at u. S. Cellular on black friday. Whoa, thanks, grandma youre welcome. You can also get an lg g4 or an lg g pad f 8. 0 with that penny. Nice isnt that just delightful . Pennies for everyone get penny doorbuster deals on great devices this black friday from 8 00 a. M. Till noon thursday. If you are travelling for the holiday, several sheriffs departments will be cracking down on seat belt laws and pulling over impaired drivers. This is part of a National Effort during the busiest travel time of the year. The annual turkey trot 5k kicks off at 9 oclock this morning. Runners will be starting in downtown cedar rapids and going along the cedar river. You can still register this morning. All trotters get a fleece hoodie and cinnamon roll. Now, one last look at this mornings weather. A few spotting showers will persist through the Early Morning hours, rain will become more likely as we enter into late morning. It will be a soggy thanksgiving as the rain continues through the afternoon and evening. For most of the day our temperatures will remain above freezing allowing for the precipitation to fall as rain. As we enter the evening hours a few of us may watch the rain turn into a wintry mix. A few showers will linger into the Morning Hours tomorrow making for a damp black friday, otherwise we start to dry out and temperatures will sit in the mid to upper 30s. We certainly hope your is Good Morning America is next. And well be back with a local news update at 7 25. Also make sure to join us at eleven for the kcrg